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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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excessive, go beyond, overdo, exceed, error
sugiru, ayamachi, KA Left: movement 辶, right: vertebrae (pictograph cf. 骨, bone/skeleton)
When the vertebrae move, an excessive overdo can be an error.
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辶
骨
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骨
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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bone, skeleton, frame
hone, KOTSU From top: bone (pictograph of a vertebra), cover 冖, body/flesh 月/肉
The bones of the body are the bones.
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骨
肉
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渦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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eddy, whirlpool
uzu, KA Left: water 氵, right: vertebrae (image of bones 骨 = skeleton), Here: visible swirls of water
The water has swirls and eddies: The eddy!
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氵
骨
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禍
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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disaster, calamity, misfortune
wazawai, KA Left: to show, altar 示/礻, right: vertebrae (骨 =backbone, skeleton)
At the altar only a vertebrae was donated, which caused the disaster.
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骨
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滑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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slip, slide, glide, soft, smooth
suberu, nameraka, KATSU Left: water 氵, right: bone 骨 (bone [pictograph of a vertebra], cover 冖 and body/flesh 月)
(bursa in the joints) Water on the bones makes them smooth and slippery.
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骨
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髄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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marrow (inside a bone), medulla, inner core
ZUI From left: bone 骨 (from top: pictograph of a vertebra, body/flesh 月), movement 辶, have, exist 有 (I have a hand  and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!)
Within the bones it exists and it can be "moved" out: the marrow.
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骨
辶
有
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骸
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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skeleton, dead remains, a corpse, husk
GAI Left: bones, vertebrae 骨, right: zodiac boar 亥 [cf. pig 豕/ 豚]
These mere bones are like those of a pig: It is a skeleton.
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豕
亥
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鍋
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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pot, pan
nabe, Left: gold/metal 金, right: backbone, vertebrae (cf 骨 =bone, skeleton)
Metal is the backbone of: pots and pans.
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金
骨
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